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STAOY C. THOMPSON, OF MANISTEE, MIOHIGN,-ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN A. THOMPSON, OFy SA PLACE. Y

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,SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 376,762, dated January 24,1898.

Application filed Juno 9, 1857. Serial No. 240,735. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it .may concern: Beit known that l, STAOY C. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ad'dressing-lviachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a e full, clear, yand-exact description of t-he invention, such as will enable others skilled in the IC art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

My invention relates, generally, to addressing or mailing machines, and more particu# larly to that class of mailin,.,rmachines which I 5 are attached to printing-presses and automatically operated therefrom; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter disclosed in the description and claims. n

The object of my invention is to provide an improved addressing or mailing machine, which is attached to and operated by a newspaper or other printing machine, whereby the names and addresses of subscribersare sepa! 2,', rately printed on the papers before the latter leave the machine. I attain this object by the mechanism hereinafter described, and shownin the accompanying drawings, wherein the same reference-numerals indicate the same 'or corresponding parts, and in which- Figure l represents a plan view of apart of a printing-press having my improved addressing or mailing machine attachedvthereto. Fig. 2 represents an, end elevation of the same.` Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of my improved mailing-machine, partly in section and partly broken away. Fig. 4 is'an end elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail broken longitudinal section of a galley. Fig. 6 is'an/ end View of the same. y

In the drawings, l represents a printingpress of any ordinary construction, to which my improved addressing ork mailing machine is attached.

2 is the main shaft of the pressfwhich imparts motion to the printing-cylinder and also to the eccentric mounted on the outer, end thereof, which operates a part ofthe addressing or mailing machine.

3 is a sleevemounted upon the outer end of said main shaft and suitably secured thereto.

hereinafter described, andover'the addressing- This sleeve has a lug, 4, formed integrally therewith, 'which operates in connection with the eccentric 5, having a similar lug,` 6. The purpose of these lugs will be hereinafter stated. The eccentric is mounted 'andrevolves upon. the periphery of the sleeve 3.

7 is the eccentricrod, which is connected to and operates therack mechanism for moving the galleys, as hereinafter described. i

8 is a sprocket-chain which passes around two sprocket-wheels of like diameters, one of which (not shown) is secured to the inner side kof the eccentric 5 and revolves with it, and the other, 9, is mountedl upon and' operates the 65 shaft upon which isumounted the hammer-cam and hammer, as hereinafter described.v 'l 10 is a metallic guide-plate and cover for the ladd ressing-.machine, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. It extends out from the side of the addressing-machine which isnext the press and bends down, so that the edge of the paper,as it comes v from the press, strikes the samel and is forcedL upward, so as to becarried between the tapes,l

machine. This plate and cover also prevents bagging orsagging of thepaper while-passing between the tapes, andkeeps the same from coming in contact with the inked names and" addresses in the addressing-machine and protects the type. An opening, 23, is formed inv said guide-plate and cover at the point where the hammer strikes, and is of sufficient vsize topermittheface of said hammer to pass through it and come in' contactwith the type in the 85 galleys as. they pass beneath said guide-plate.

11l 11, represent two sets of tapes, arranged one above the other,.an,d operating to convey the paper between them from'the pressto the addressing-machine. I use two sets of tapes, as illustrated inV Fig. y2, for a-double purpose: first, they carry the paper accurately and positively from the printing-cylinder to the addressing-machine, and, second, they prevent sudden gusts of wind from disarranging the paper before reaching the addressing-machine.l

12 12 are the tape-pulleys, mounted upon revolving shafts, as shown.

, A13 is a shaftv which is suitably journaled in f i the uprights 13', secured at the. ends of the rOO frameof the machine. 'Upon this shaft are mounted the hammer-cam 11i and the hanger y tion.

17, which supports the hammer-arm and impression-hammer 16. This shaft is revolved by means of the sprocket-wheel 9, mounted on theend thereof, and the sprocket-chain 8. y The hammer-cam is rigidly secured Ato this shaft, revolves with it, and is provided with a depression, 19, inits periphery, as shownin Fig. 4, into which enters, as said cam revolves, a small roller, 18, which is pivotally attached to the side of the outer end of the hammerarm 15. This arm 15 has attached to it the intermittingly operated impression hammer 16, and is pvotally attached to the bifurcated hanger 17, which is loosely mounted on the shaft 13, and held from vibrating or oscillat ing bya stay-rod or bracket, 15', attached to the frame-work of the press, as shown in Fig. 4. The impression-hammer 16 is adjustably attached to the hammerarm 15, and its face, or that portion which comes in contact with the type andmakes the impression, is covered with felt, rubber, cloth, or other pliable or yielding material, so as to prevent the type from being mashed or otherwise injured from the stroke of thehammer. The head of the hammer is made heavy, so as to act as a weight, and thus facilitate its downward movement; also, said head is bifurcated or slotted where the hammer-arm is attached thereto, and said arm is secured therein by means of aset-screw, as shown in Fig. 4. By this construction and arrangement of parts the hammer can be lowered or raised, so as to make a heavy or light impression, as may be desired. The small pivoted roller is mounted on theinner side of the outer end of the hammer-arm 15 in such a manner as to allow it to travel upon the periphery of the cam 14 when the latter is in mo- When the cam revolves in the direction indicated by the arrowr in Fig. 4, the

roller -18 moves out of the depression 19 and causes the'hammer-arm and hammer to assume the position indicated by the dotted releases the hammer-arm, and allows the hammer to drop down upon the type and thns make an impression. As the shaft 13, upon which the hammer-cam is mounted, receives its motion from the sprocketwheel 9, the sprocket' chain 3 and the sprocket-wheel, (not shown,) which is secured to the inner side of the eccentric 5, as heretofore described, andas these sprocket-wheels are of the same diameter, each revolution of-the driving-shaft 2 causes the cam 14 to make a like revolution and operate the hammer to effect an impression or address upon each passing newspaper or sheet. course, in order to effect this, Vthe hammer is intermittingly operated.

20 20 represent the galleys upon which are v placed the type for printing the names and addresses of subscribers, 85e., and which are constructed in suitable lengths and widths, as may be desired. On the under sides of the same are formed or secured teeth or cogs, arranged as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,and meshing with cogs of similar construction on the racklever 22. The lines of type containing the names and addresses on the galley are arranged equidistant and correspond in distance apart to the spaces between the cogs on the under side of said galley. The ends of the galleys are constructed of thin metal strips 20,so that when one end ot' one galley is placed against the end of Vanother the meeting end pieces will be located immediately above one of the cogs upon the under side of the lower scarfed end of the galley, and will both together oc cupy the space of and register with said cog. The object of these narrow ends to the galleys is that the space betweenthe end names on said galleys, when the latter are placed end to end, may not be more than the space between Vthe names on other portions ot' the galleys.

This will permit the galleys to follow closely after each other, and the names and addresses to be as uniformly arranged as if they were all contained in one galley, and at the same time the possibility of skipping a name and address between galleys will be prevented. of the galleys are also provided with scarfs 202 and 203, as shown in Fig. 5, by which they are removably-locked or hooked together, thev 'bell-crank. and the cross-head 28, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Onthe upper surface of the short arm of said rack-lever cogs are provided,which are made to mesh with the cogs on the under sides of the galleys. The rack-lever 22is pivoted at 26 to upwardlyextending lugs 27 of the cross-head 28, which is formed, as shown in Fig. 3, with a slotpassing through its bottom, and between the lugs 27, through which the long arm of the racklever 22 passes,as shown in Fig. 3. This crosshead is supported. by and moved in suitable slideways,30,attached to the frame of the machine. The long arm of the rack-lever 22 is slotted at its lower end, as shown at 31, to which the rod 32 is pivotally attached'at one end, the other end being similarly attached to a bell-crank lever, 33. This bell-crank lever has a long arm, 34, and a short arm, 35, which are provided with slots 36 and 37,respectively, foradjus'ting the rod 32 and the eccentric-rod 7, the latter being pivoted in slot 36,as shown in Fig. 1. By the adjustment of said eccentric-rod 7 and the rod 32 in the slots 36 and 37 of the bell-crank lever, the feed movement of the galleys is regulated so as to cause them to move one, two, or more spaces or cogs at a time, as may be required. The bellcrank The ends IOO IIO

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lever-33 is pivoted at 38 to the frame of the machine, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

` velves, thelugatofthesleeve 3comes in contact kwith the lugy c` of the eccentric 5 andcauses the latter to revolve upon the sleeve 3 and vas impart to the eccentric-rod 7 abackwardandyforward motion, in the usual manner. As the eccentric-rod is drawnback or in the direction indicated by thejarrow in Fig. 2 it draws the long arm 34 of the bellicrank lever A33 in the e same direction, and causes the rod 32, which is secured to the short arm 35 of said lever, to movehorizontally,and consequently the long arm of the rack-lever 22 is rmade to assu me the position indicated by the dotted lines inFig. 3, the lever 22 having come in contact with the end of the slot in the cross-head. By this movement of the rack-lever the cogs thereon are disengaged from the cogs on the bottom of the galley, and as the rod 32 and the cccentricrod 7 are still further drawn backward by the eccentric the rack-lever and eross-head slide backward for a distancejustequal to the thickness of a cog on the galley. As soon as 'the eccentric has completed ils revolution the eccentric-rod 7, bell-crank lever 33,. rod 32, and the racklever 22 begin their motion in the opposite direction, which causes the cogs on the rack-lever to rise andy again mesh with the cogs on the bottom of the galley, the lever 22 coming in contact with the end of the slot in the cross-head opposite the end above referred to, and as the motion is further Vextended the rack-lever and cross-head slide forward to their former positions and cause the galley to move forward. In this operation of the rack mechanism the cogs or teeth on the rack-lever mesh with the cogs on the bottom ofthe galley, force the latter along the necessary distance to present a different name and address beneath the opening in the plate and cover, then drop out or' mesh, move back, then move up again into mesh with the cogs on the galley and force the' latter along, and so conlinueuntil the endof the galley is reached. As every movement ofv the galley is simultaneous with every revolution ofthe presseylinder by'reason ofthe eccentric being mounted on the driving-shaft thereof, for each newspaper that is printed by arevolution of the cylinder thegalley is moved alongjust'the space of one naine and address directly beneath the opening 23 in the guideplate and cover 10, and receives a stroke from the impression-hammer 16, which is operated as hcreinbefo're described. n

A small bell, 39, is arranged on the under side' of the addressingmachine beneath the galley, and is so set as to sound an alarm when a galley containing a given number of names and addresses has passed beneath the opening K 23 and itis time to removeone galley from V and placeauother in the machine. This bell is sounded by a pivotcd lever, 39', which is lattach'edto the frame'and rests against they bottom or under side of the galley, and-by aV pivoted arm, 392, connected to the lower end 's of saidlever 39' and provided with a hammer, 393, at its lowerend. When the endy of a galley has been reached and it Ypasses off4 the lever 39,'th'e latter suddenly'rises and causes the arm 392 or its hammerto strike against the bell, and thus notify the pressman.y This bellA may be placed under themachine at any polnt,

and may also be so set as to sound au alarm when any given uu mber of names and'addresses have not yet passed under th'eimpression-y t it passes the opening 23 inI said guideplate i between the type and the impression-hammer the latter descends and presses the paper against the type, and thus ence-ts the' desired impression. If fromany cause a sheet of paper should become disarranged or fail to be fed to the tapesin proper order,thepressman can stop and reverse the cylinder for nearlya whole revolution, or until thejlug 4tY ofthe sleeve 3 comes in contact with lug 6 of the ecstitute another paper without allowing a single name and address iny the galleyrtopassil without receivingan impression.

' centric, and then readj ust said sheet or sub# Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new isv 1. In an addressing-machine, the combination of a :movable galley having cogs' or teeth on its under surface, the'slideways, the crosshead, the rack-lever having cogs or'teeth en the upper surface of its horizontal arm, and

meaus, substantially as described, for inter-l mittingiy moving said lever from the printinglpress, vsubstantially as described. l i

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2. In an addressing-machine, thecombinaf tion of the movable galley 20,' having cogsor teeth, the slideways 21, the slotted crosshead Y. 28, the slideways 30, the rack-lever 22, having cogs or teeth, the rod 32, the yslotted bell- Y crank ,lever 33, and means, substantially as described, for operating the same, substantially as described. I'

3. In an addressing-machine, the combina-Y `-tion-of the movable galley 20, having cogs or teeth, the slideways 21, the slotted cross-head 28, the slideways 30, the rack-lever 22, havcrank lever 33, eccentric-rod 7, yand eccentricV 5, substantially as described. 4. The combination, in a printing-machine having a main shaft provided with'an eccentric formed with a lug, and with a sleeve, also formed with a lug, of an addressing-machine provided witha movable galley,and operating mechanism, substantially'as described, intermediate of said eccentric and said movable gall-ey, substantially as described.

5. The combination of two or more movable galleys provided with scarfed ends for removably holding or locking them together, with means, 4substantially as described,for supporting and operating said galleys, substantially as described.

t 6. In an addressing-machine, the combinailon of two or more galleys having teeth or cogs upon their under sides, and having end pieces formed of thin metallic strips registerlng, when brought together, with one cog upon the under side and occupying the space of the said cog, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination, with the main shaft of the printing-press, the sprocket-wheels, the

sprocket-chain, the shaft carrying the cam,

and the impression-hammer, of the galley and mechanism, substantially as described,

'for intermittingly moving the same, Isubstantially as described.

8. The combination, with the intermittingly-moving galley and the guide-plate and cover for thesame, provided with the opening, of the intermittinglyoperated impressionhammer, substantially as described.

9. The combination of the printing press and addressing-machine with two intermediate sets of tapes, oneset being arranged above the other, substantially as and for the purposes described.

10. The combination of the printing-press, two sets of tapes,one set being arranged above the other, and shafts and pulleys for operating the same, with an addressing machine having a cover and guideplate, a movable galley, and means, substantially as described, for moving the same, substantially as described.

1l. The combination, with a movable galley, of a pivoted lever normally resting against the bottom of said galley,a pivoted arm attached to the lower end of said lever and having a hammer at its upper end, and a bell which is sounded by said hammer, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

srAoY o. THOMPSON.

Vitnesses:

JOHN I?. OMALLEY,

E. B. CALDWELL. 

